JAKARTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) is known to be conducting a selection to select the new Director General of Oil and Gas (Dirjen Migas). This position was previously occupied by Achmad Muchtasyar who was later deactivated in February 2025 and temporarily filled by the Director General of Mineral and Coal, Tri Winarno as Acting Task Force (Plt).
Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Dadan Kusdiana, said that he and the selection committee (Pansel) had just conducted interviews with five candidates who registered.
"I just met the Director General (Tri Winarno), we want to interview the candidate for the Directorate General of Oil and Gas. There are five candidates," Dadan told the media crew at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Building, Friday, April 25.
Dadan said the interview was related to the strategy of the candidate Director General to meet the targets previously set by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia, such as increasing oil and gas lifting and energy security.
Later, the results of this half-hour interview will be combined with a paper written by prospective director-general and other assessments.
"So we interviewed each of them in half an hour. We'll see the results are a combination. Between the interview papers and the assessment," added Dadan.
Meanwhile, regarding the inauguration of the new Director General, Dadan said that it would be carried out after the Presidential Decree (Keppres) was issued.
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Apart from the Director General of Oil and Gas, Dadan said the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources will also have a spokesman (deputy) to be announced on May 1.
"Soon there will be a spokesperson", continued Dadan.
The five candidates for the director-general include Alimuddin Baso, who currently serves as Inspector II at the Inspectorate General of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Julian Ambassador Shiddiq, who serves as Director of Development of the Minerba Program, and Laode Sulaeman currently serves as Director of Oil and Gas Infrastructure Planning and Development, Mirza Mahendra, who currently serves as Director of Oil and Gas Program Development and Noor Arifin Muhammad as Director of Engineering and Environment for Oil and Gas. Earth.
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